Design a Digital Font from A to Z

The drawing tools of Glyphs 1

A course by Juanjo López , Graphic Designer and Typography Expert

98% positive reviews (199)

4,392 students

Audio: Spanish

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About the video: The drawing tools of Glyphs 1

Overview

“Yes, friends, we will finally draw a little! Or at least we will learn what surprises Glyphs have prepared for us. ”

In this video lesson Juanjo López addresses the topic: The drawing tools of Glyphs 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Design a Digital Font from A to Z. Learn to design a font from scratch with Glyphs, Illustrator, and OpenType functions.

Partial transcription of the video

“[Music] Although we have a habit of using vectors in graphic design programs like Illustrator, the programs that really work well when drawing letters they are the ones of the trade Gliphs, PhoneLab, Robophone, any of them will have better drawing tools than a normal design program. Now we will see in depth the wonders which involves drawing letters with a program like Gliphs. Well, as we have seen, we have seen how to go from Illustrator to Gliphs and now what we are going to learn It is to draw directly in Gliphs. I believe that when typographies are made you have to use typography progra...”

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Course summary for: Design a Digital Font from A to Z

Level: Beginner
98% positive reviews (199)
4392 students
6 units
34 lessons (8h 37m)
19 downloads

Category
Calligraphy & Typography
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Glyphs
Areas
Graphic Design, Traditional illustration, Typography, Typography Design

Juanjo López

A course by Juanjo López

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Graphic Designer and Typography Expert

When Juanjo López joined Domestika in 2004, he decided to him to call himself Juanjez. Since then, it has stuck!

He is a freelance designer and passionate about graphic design and typography, always trying to keep learning whether it's vectors, lettering, calligraphy, or composing with lead or cast iron levers. His digital typefaces, under the name Huy! Fonts, are distributed by YouWorkForThem and MyFonts, among others. He is part of the Familia Plómez, a pre-digital typographic collective from Madrid, and Unostiposduros.com, the biggest typography website in the Spanish-speaking world. In addition to being a designer, he loves teaching and has taught a wide variety of courses and workshops on typography, lettering, and letterpress.